Over a series of 8 videos, watch and learn as Ryan builds an entire ExpressionEngine website from beginning to end. Get started now.
Creating and managing website forms is tricky at best and downright painful at worst. Several years ago when I jumped into ExpressionEngine development, I had become spoiled from years of using Wufoo, but in this particular project, Wufoo was no longer an option.
At the time, I found only one add-on for EE forms management, but it didn
Posted on Apr 09, 2012 by Brett Bearce
I missed this somehow when it was released in late March, but Viget redesigned their site and it is, of course, running ExpressionEngine. Front-end developer Trevor Davis wrote up a comprehensive article on how the site used EE to manage the blogs.
A couple of snippets from the article that I found interesting:
Well, we went from EE 1.6.2 to 2.4, and it was 100% seemless. Not once did we encounter an error. Pretty impressive if you ask me.
That makes me a bit more confident about a planned upgrade I have on my to-do list.
I can’t even count the number of EE sites I’ve built, but to me, the best way to define your channel structure is to use a whiteboard.
The best way to do anything is with a whiteboard!
They used a lot of the add-on you’d expect: Freeform, Wygwam, Low Reorder , Matrix, Playa, Template Variables, CE Image, Smartdown and more. The entire list is in the article.
Viget Design Director Tom Osborne also has an article from mid-March on the new Viget design.
A belated congratulations to the Viget team on the launch!
Posted on Apr 09, 2012 by Ryan Irelan
You’d be hard pressed to find a website without some sort of image gallery these days. This week, we go through the various ways you can manage images with EE, briefly talk about EE1 to EE2 gallery issues, contemplate whether EE should be the primary manager versus pulling from a third-party service, native gallery creation, as well as the various add-ons that are available to make galleries and image management possible.
Posted on Apr 05, 2012 by CTRL+CLICK CAST
Posted on Apr 05, 2012 by Ryan Masuga
A big, awkward, extra long hug to the following companies for supporting EE Insider through their ads on the site:
EE Insider is into its fourth year online and it wouldn’t be possible without the help of our advertisers. Would you like to share your product or service with the community? Get in touch.
Posted on Apr 04, 2012 by Ryan Irelan
This one is personal to me because I worked on the project that first brought paidContent to ExpressionEngine. Today WordPress announced that paidContent re-launched on WordPress and their WordPress VIP service.
It’s definitely strange to see them move off of the ExpressionEngine platform after almost 6 years. I only worked on the initial launch and I know they had a lot of custom development work done in the years after.
So, why the move? paidContent is now part of the GigaOm network and GigaOm sites run WordPress and use the WordPress VIP hosting service. WordPress VIP is a service that host some big, big name blogs.
Posted on Apr 03, 2012 by Ryan Irelan
EllisLab CCO James Mathias presented at the Made by Few Web Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. The theme of his talk was “respect.” James shared his personal experience and lessons learned as a web designer over the last 12 years. He also shared a little bit about his experience working online and for EllisLab.
Only 22 minutes long and definitely worth the watch and listen. And now I know how to pronounce his last name. Oops.
Posted on Mar 29, 2012 by Ryan Irelan
This is a on-going series of entries where I highlight EE experiences.
I’ve never met anyone who is actually working with #ExpressionEngine
— Sascha Bregenhorn (@netzrocker) March 28, 2012
Probably why no one has done a news site for the community either.
Update: In the comments, Adam points out the this was probably meany literally, not as a snark. We regret the jump to conclusions.
Posted on Mar 29, 2012 by Ryan Irelan
Originally announced for a March release, EllisLab yesterday announced that they had to delay the release of EE 2.5 so they can deal with the EU cookie legislation and bringing ExpressionEngine in compliance with those new laws.
Robin Sowell of EllisLab writes:
2.5.0 is being pushed out to allow the inclusion of a new Cookie Consent module. The module will require consent before allowing any cookies to be set using ExpressionEngine’s native functions. Login and registration will also be restricted to those who have granted consent for cookies. Consent can be granted through the use of a link or through the inclusion of a form field on login and registration pages. The module will include conditionals for user consent, providing maximum flexibility for designers, who are free to create a ‘cookie consent’ interface that complements their site.
EllisLab is taking the module approach (using hooks in the core code) so that developers have the flexibility to “take their own approach to the new regulations.”
Also included in EE 2.5 is the new ExpressionEngine rich text editor that EllisLab previewed back in February.
Posted on Mar 29, 2012 by Ryan Irelan
This year’s Engine Summit, the online conference for ExpressionEngine, takes place on May 29th. The conference was announced in the latest EllisLab email newsletter.
Environments for Humans brings together some of the Web’s most notable experts in and for an all-new, one day online conference, the Engine Summit 2012! Bring the experts to your desktop on May 29, 2012 from 9AM to 4PM (CT).
This year Engine Summit includes sessions with ExpressionEngine experts Emily Lewis, Lea Alcantara, Mark Huot, Joel Bradbury, an EE Reactor member Erik Reagan. There will also be a Round Table discussion lead by EllisLab CEO Leslie Camacho.
Tickets for May’s online conference are on sale now.
Posted on Mar 29, 2012 by Ryan Irelan
Posted on Mar 29, 2012 by Ryan Masuga
EECI updated everyone via Twitter today that tickets for the event in Leiden go on sale tomorrow (March 27th) 10 AM (GMT +1).
There are only 40 early bird tickets available at €275 + tax.
UPDATE: Tickets for EECI EUROPE in Leiden go for sale tomorrow at 10AM (GMT+1). 40 Early Birds available (€275 + tax).
— EECI Conference (@eeciconf) March 26, 2012
Posted on Mar 26, 2012 by Ryan Irelan
Over the weekend a group of designers and developers particpated in the Overnight Web Challenge, which is organized by The Nerdery. At this year’s event there were 18 different teams who all took on the task of redesigning and rebuilding a non-profit website…overnight.
One of the groups was Twin Cities EE, a “collective of local developers specializing in ExpressionEngine development.” The group included EE developer Brian Litzinger and Sarah Hicks, who wrote up a report of the event on her blog.
The Twin Cities EE group was assigned the non-profit Franconia Sculpture Park (old site).
The developers on our team gave them the moon using the Expression Engine CMS. Not only can the public book a tour online or view an interactive sculpture map, they can view BIG photos of the park. Everything at the park is BIG. There current site doesn’t give them enough credit nor come close to offering a BIG presence as so many of their beautiful sculptures do.
Read Sarah’s entire write-up to learn about the event, including photos and the finished product.
Nice work, everyone!
Posted on Mar 26, 2012 by Ryan Irelan
Late last week, Jamie Pittock and Lodewijk Schutte (you probably know him as “Low”) announced a new classroom training service based in Europe.
Gee Up brings hands-on ExpressionEngine classroom training to Europe. Starting off with a four-day beginners to intermediate class and advanced development masterclasses in the future, Gee Up hopes to encourage people new and familiar with EE to broaden and enhance their knowledge in this increasingly popular content management system.
The first class takes place in June (18-21) of this year in Manchester UK and is focused on begginers and intermediates. Jamie and Low also plan to offer more advanced courses (like add-on development) later and they hope to offer a similar beginner course on mainland Europe, too. If you’re interested in either of those, you should get in touch with them and let them know.
Posted on Mar 26, 2012 by Ryan Irelan
We have very busy lives, so anything that makes work go by more efficiently will help your bottom line and customer experience.
This week’s EE Podcast focuses on time-saving practices to incorporate in your EE workflow: from upgrade and install, to pre-development planning and documentation. We also share some of our listener’s advice for making EE development a lot faster. Tune in now!
Posted on Mar 22, 2012 by CTRL+CLICK CAST
Posted on Mar 22, 2012 by Ryan Masuga
This is a on-going series of entries where I highlight EE experiences.
I think member profile trigger word choice should be an install option. #eecms
— Michael Boyink (@boyink) March 19, 2012
I think the public member profiles should just be eliminated completely. Who uses them?
(Here’s a good tip for setting the trigger word)
Posted on Mar 20, 2012 by Ryan Irelan
Speaking of add-on development, Wes Baker of EllisLab posted a lengthy tutorial on the ExpressionEngine blog (yes, that’s right, something other than #FRUP) on building an ExpressionEngine plugin. In the tutorial Wes builds a replacement for the Magpie Plugin (originally by EllisLab alum Paul Burdick):
I want to walk you through writing a plugin, the best first step towards building ExpressionEngine add-ons. This tutorial will be a start-to-finish adventure, starting with the plugin skeleton and working our way to putting it on GitHub for everyone to download. I’ll explain my methods and my approach to building plugins, and by extension, software in general. Additionally, this particular plugin will be replacing the aging Magpie plugin, since Magpie is no longer being maintained.
Ready to learn plugin development? Follow along with Wes and his tutorial.
Posted on Mar 20, 2012 by Ryan Irelan
In April, Erik Reagan will teach a 4-day class on ExpressionEngine add-on development in Savannah, Georgia. As a former resident of the Southeast, I have to say that April is a wonderful time to visit the area. Everything will be in bloom and the temperatures hopefully still mild.
If you’re already experienced with PHP (the class isn’t an intro to PHP course) and want to learn how to write EE add-ons from Erik, you should definitely consider attending the class in April.
Posted on Mar 20, 2012 by Ryan Irelan
Today Whoooz Web Media announced that the next installment of EECI in the United States will take place in the great city of Austin, TX.
Here’s an exerpt from the announcement:
Your favorite ExpressionEngine conference will be in Texas this year. 12th - 14th November we’ll be at the Hilton Downtown Austin for a brand new EECI. We’ve listened very careful to all your feedback and wishes, so we think this year will be big and bigger. That’s why we choose Texas.
Tickets will go on sale in two weeks and on April 4th the EECI US website will be launched.
Get ready because Austin is wonderful in the Fall.
Posted on Mar 19, 2012 by Ryan Irelan
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